Hello there,
Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Shannon and I am an Un-Desperate Housewife (or rather, I’m on a mission to become one) :). I am a happily married mother of 2 and have never blogged a thing in my life. I am actually quite proud of myself for figuring out how to set this thing up.
You see, I, like millions of other mom’s and wives out there, have lost myself. Not literally of course. I’m actually sitting here in my living room right now, sipping a cinnamon latté and watching another re-run of Friends. What I mean is, I’ve lost my self identity. I’ve lost ‘me’. Yes I’m a wife and yes, I’m a mom, which don’t get me wrong is wonderful and I wouldn’t trade it for anything else in the world, but I feel like there simply needs to be more. I can clean house, pay bills, cook dinner and chauffeur like the best of them but really … is that all? Was I not destined for more?
Now this brings me to the point of this blog … I have given myself one glorious year to complete a list of tasks that I feel will help my life feel a little more fulfilling. Every week I am going to give myself a new task and I have made a promise to myself that I will see each and every task through. You may be asking “what are these so called tasks?”, well they are not colossal on their own, in fact they may seem quite meager, however, in the grand scheme of things, by consistently completing each one of these tasks, I am hoping it will amount to an overwhelming feeling of gratification in the end. I will check in (at minimum) at the end of each week and advise how the previous week progressed and identify the up-coming week’s new challenge.
Week 1, Oct.13/10 – Oct.19/10 – The Starbuck’s Challenge
I find I am constantly complaining about money, or lack there of. Don’t get me wrong, my husband and I both have good jobs and make a decent living but still, money always seems to be an issue. Not long ago I sat down and had a good look at our banking to see where all of our money was going. It didn’t take long to see the glaring lights that were flashing around the word ‘Starbucks’. Every other item listed on my bank statements was Starbucks. I am currently spending, on average, $375 per month at my favourite café. That’s a car payment for goodness sake! My challenge this week is to try to come up with a homemade version of my favourite Starbucks drink (non-fat, no whip, ½ sweet, peppermint mocha) as well as kiss my fav coffee shop goodbye. Now that’s all fine and dandy but isn’t this 1 year adventure suppose to be about me and my journey to self gratification? How is forbidding myself from my favourite coffee, helping me feel more gratified? Well for one, I will have extra money each month to put aside into savings which will give me a little more peace of mind and help me sleep a little better at night, and 2, I have no intention of putting all of my saved coffee money into savings … of course there will be a lovely new pair of shoes in it for me!
I will touch base shortly once I have come up with a recipe for my peppermint mocha, which I’ll post. I’ll be hitting the grocery store tonight to stock up on lots of coffee, peppermint extract and cocoa. :)
Bye for now ....
Shannon (the soon-to-be Un-Desperate Housewife)
